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“john darwin”

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  • The Prospect of Global History

    Edited by James Belich, John Darwin, Margret Frenz, Chris Wickham ...
    The Prospect of Global History takes a new approach to the study of global history, seeking to apply it, rather than advocate it. The volume seeks perspectives on history from East Asian and Islamic sources as well as European ones, and insists on depth in historical analysis. The Prospect of Global History will speak to those interested in medieval and ancient history as well as modern history. ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • After Tamerlane

    The Global History of Empire Since 1405

    by John Darwin ...
    Tamerlane, the Ottomans, the Mughals, the Manchus, the British, the Japanese, the Nazis, and the Soviets: All built empires meant to last forever; all were to fail. But, as John Darwin shows in this magisterial book, their empire-building created the world we know today.From the death of Tamerlane in 1405, to America's rise to world "hyperpower," to the resurgence of China and India as global ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Empire Project

    The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970

    by John Darwin ...
    The British Empire, wrote Adam Smith, 'has hitherto been not an empire, but the project of an empire' and John Darwin offers a magisterial global history of the rise and fall of that great imperial project. The British Empire, he argues, was much more than a group of colonies ruled over by a scattering of British expatriates until eventual independence. It was, above all, a global phenomenon. Its ... Read more

    $34.49 USD

  • Tales of old Tokyo

    by John Darwin Van Fleet ...
    A breathtaking romp through Tokyo's history from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century, using lots of images, writings and clippings to bring back to life those far-off days. ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Unfinished Empire

    The Global Expansion of Britain

    by John Darwin ...
    John Darwin's After Tamerlane, a sweeping six-hundred-year history of empires around the globe, marked him as a historian of "massive erudition" and narrative mastery. In Unfinished Empire, he marshals his gifts to deliver a monumental one-volume history of Britain's imperium-a work that is sure to stand as the most authoritative, most compelling treatment of the subject for a generation.Darwin ... Read more

    $20.09 USD

  • Ultrasilence

    by John Darwin ...
    From the provincial peccadilloes of Prestwich in Manchester to coffee houses and bars by the Bosporus in İstanbul, John Darwin explores life’s three stages of arriving, staying for a bit, and then leaving.A poetic reflection on the ennui of the everyday, intermittent pleasures, and the quest to understand love and belonging from the Gtr Manchester Fringe Festival 2021 Best Spoken Word Performance ... Read more

    $6.82 USD

  • I Meet Myself Returning

    by John Darwin ...
    “Whichever way I take I meet myself returning.”A poetic journey from the mills and moors of the industrial north to the meals and mosques of the Byzantine middle-east and back again. I Meet Myself Returning is about finding your feet in our convoluted world and letting them take you to a place to call your own. And, occasionally, stopping off for a pint.“For those of us who struggle with the ... Read more

    $6.82 USD

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    How Hitler and the Allies Misread the Strategic Realities of World War II

    by John Mosier ...
    Many military tactics during World War II were based on the assumption that new technologies would lead to decisive battlefield victories, demoralization of the enemy by intensive bombing, or even a quick surrender. Political and military leaders, Allies and Axis alike, believed that "blitzkrieg" was the best way to victory. But in The Blitzkrieg Myth, John Mosier argues that this was not the case ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • When the Money Runs Out

    The End of Western Affluence

    by Stephen D. King ...
    The Western world has experienced extraordinary economic progress throughout the last six decades, a prosperous period so extended that continuous economic growth has come to seem normal. But such an era of continuously rising living standards is a historical anomaly, economist Stephen D. King warns, and the current stagnation of Western economies threatens to reach crisis proportions in the not ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Year Zero

    A History of 1945

    by Ian Buruma ...
    “Year Zero is a remarkable book, not because it breaks new ground, but in its combination of magnificence and modesty.” —Wall Street JournalA marvelous global history of the pivotal year 1945 as a new world emerged from the ruins of World War IIYear Zero is a landmark reckoning with the great drama that ensued after war came to an end in 1945. One world had ended and a new, uncertain one was ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Birth of the West

    Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century

    by Paul Collins ...
    The tenth century dawned in violence and disorder. Charlemagne's empire was in ruins, most of Spain had been claimed by Moorish invaders, and even the papacy in Rome was embroiled in petty, provincial conflicts. To many historians, it was a prime example of the ignorance and uncertainty of the Dark Ages. Yet according to historian Paul Collins, the story of the tenth century is the story of our ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Strategy: A History

    A History

    by Lawrence Freedman ...
    In Strategy: A History, Sir Lawrence Freedman, one of the world's leading authorities on war and international politics, captures the vast history of strategic thinking, in a consistently engaging and insightful account of how strategy came to pervade every aspect of our lives. The range of Freedman's narrative is extraordinary, moving from the surprisingly advanced strategy practiced in primate ... Read more

    $17.09 USD